Dodge Viper concept 1989-1991

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The original vision for the Dodge Viper

The car had the hands of Carroll Shelby involved in its design and construction and is in a similar vein to some of his early work.

Interestingly the original car didn’t have the iconic V10 in 1989 and instead had a 360 Chrysler LA V8 Engine (a 5.9L), this version was called the VM-01 Prototype. No confirmed performance figures exist that I could find but HP would have been in the region of 230hp given the performance of the engine in other vehicles.

In 1990 a second prototype was built called the VM-02 which now featured a brand new 8.0L V10 with a Cast-Iron Block (this was changed to Aluminium for the production models). This model produced around 300hp and 610n.m and would set the stage for future Vipers and their iconic engine.

Both versions were visaully very similar which the only major differences being the engine.

VM-02 with the V10


VM-01 with the V8



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